The Price of Doing Nothing
We are living in a climate emergency, one of our own making. Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, when the use of coal in energy production and manufacturing took […]
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The Road Well Traveled, Part I
This is the first entry in a series of posts that will discuss some of our vacations over the last few years. How those travels have personally shaped my views […]
Avengers (That Means YOU)…Assemble
*Leave it to Marvel to get me back onto my blog…hope you see the film and enjoy the MCU as much as I do…* In 2008 we had been living […]
#DeleteFacebook
On Friday I deleted Facebook. Yeah, I know. Big step. Especially considering that I have been extraordinarily active for years now, sharing photos, science stories, environmental pleas, and political commentary. […]
The Risks We Take
Risk is something we face in our lives in a daily basis. From the time we roll out of bed to the time we go to sleep every night. We […]
Blood in The Halls
Another day in the United States. Seventeen more dead people in a school, the victims of senseless gun violence. I tire of the endless slaughter. I tire of American’s looking the […]
2017, Moonshots and Snowflakes
It’s Christmas, 2017. Since last Christmas we, as a nation, have been through and seen a lot. While not getting into specifics, I did not expect in my lifetime to […]
Where did the last three months go?
August. It has been three months since I last wrote here on this little blog. So it’s been awhile. I haven’t been laying back, doing nothing. Master’s classes started. University […]
The Great American Eclipse: Part III — Totality
It has been five days now, just over 120 hours, since Totality slid across the United States of America. Since a Total Solar Eclipse travelled coast to coast from Oregon […]
The Great American Eclipse: Part II — The Trip
The best laid plans don’t always execute the way you envision them to. My younger daughter, who had been a hesitant yes to this journey ended up being a last […]